OFFICIAL SQUAD AGAINST GHANA RELEASED

[Tobi17]

Midfield is thin as usual

It's not, ask Maceo.

As for Amoo - I don't expect he'll start unless he seriously impresses in training. I don't see how the call up affects his club standing unless the matches coincide with FC Copenhagen games - which it shouldn't.

We'll have to see about that, bare in mind he only just joined the club about a month ago and is still acclimatizing to Denmark but the time one could spend securing his spot in the first team, would be used for two matches he has very little chances of playing. They even have him playing for their U19's. Personally I just think he has more to lose from this ordeal.

Which ordeal? At 19 Amoo has just enough time and his trajectory can only get better, we can argue his invitation to the NT was rather premature but he's not the only youngster who was invited to play for his national team, in fact if he impresses with the NT and in subsequent games, his stock will go even higher.

It's easy to say that but you can look at a similar example in Samson Tijani last season who got called up a couple of times by Rohr, managing a total of 5 minutes with the SE and when he returned to his club lost his place in their starting XI, he's only just finding his feet again after spending some time with the reserves. Yeah doing well with the NT is good, but I you're not doing the biz at your club, you stock won't increase.

I get your point but this is just a one game fixture over two legs and I doubt that will significantly affect his club situation, there' are still a lot of games to play at his club so I don't think Amoo will be under any pressure! although I agree his invitation was rather premature, should have been invited for friendly matches.

[iworo]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

It's a NEW SEASON of STUPIDITY!!

[iworo]

Why I Recalled Onazi To The Super Eagles – Eguavoen



On Friday, Al-Adalah FC midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi was recalled to the Super Eagles, almost four years since his last callup, albeit on standby.

The decision of the coaching crew of the Super Eagles led by Austin Eguavoen has generated comments, most of which are in criticism of the decision.

Eguavoen in a chat with journalists explained the reason Onazi was invited on standby amongst many other issues.

He said the 2013 AFCON winner was invited to “pacify everybody”. Eguavoen in the chat also stated that he’s unsure if the midfielder could still play at the top level.

“Onazi, good player. Whether he’s still good and can play at that level, we don’t know. But that’s why I said to pacify everybody, to ensure there’s harmony here, put him on the standby. While he’s on the standby, I have the final say.”

Onazi was shockingly a part of seven players placed on standby by Eguavoen. The former Lazio and Trabzonspor midfielder was last invited to the Super Eagles in 2018.

He had since played in different countries including Finland since then where he last played before moving to the Saudi Pro League 2.

https://soccernet.ng/2022/03/why-i-reca ... avoen.html

[iworo]

[Sunset]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

It's a NEW SEASON of STUPIDITY!!

I didnt see this same energy when Michael Olise was on our standby list

[Orion]

Lots of professional complainers on this board. Is this not practically the same squad most people have been listing here the past few months? 90% of the list that were flooded here had Lookman and Dennis on it. Now they are on the team and the same people are still complaining.

Most of us listed Osimhen, Nacho, Ighalo, and Sadiq as out top 4 forwards. They are included in the squad, yet you are still complaining.

None of the people on the standby list is significantly better than the players the main sqaud at their positions. Yet you complain.

Tufiakwa!!

The issue is not whether most of the invited players deserve to be on the list anyway, but whether some of the choices are a result of corruption. Corruption is like cancer. It spreads. If team selection is already being compromised by corruption, it is only a matter of time before it begins to affect team performances. So any hint of it is troubling to people.

[Dammy]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

As I recall, we "lost" a match to Algeria in the CAF board room because a foreign manager picked and deployed a player who was supposed to be suspended .... which is arguably worse than what is becoming a "tradition" of Eagles managers inviting older players who used to be core Eagles, players they really shouldn't have invited, but who ultimately do not play a single minute of the tournament or match. Imagine if we lost the first leg to Ghana because Eguavoen fielded Iwobi, I mean, how stupid would that be?

The team secretary was responsible for not informing the NFF of Shehu's suspension and not the coach. Get a proper understanding of roles in the national team before commenting!

[txj]

Midfield is thin as usual

It's not, ask Maceo.

As for Amoo - I don't expect he'll start unless he seriously impresses in training. I don't see how the call up affects his club standing unless the matches coincide with FC Copenhagen games - which it shouldn't.

We'll have to see about that, bare in mind he only just joined the club about a month ago and is still acclimatizing to Denmark but the time one could spend securing his spot in the first team, would be used for two matches he has very little chances of playing. They even have him playing for their U19's. Personally I just think he has more to lose from this ordeal.

Which ordeal? At 19 Amoo has just enough time and his trajectory can only get better, we can argue his invitation to the NT was rather premature but he's not the only youngster who was invited to play for his national team, in fact if he impresses with the NT and in subsequent games, his stock will go even higher.

It's easy to say that but you can look at a similar example in Samson Tijani last season who got called up a couple of times by Rohr, managing a total of 5 minutes with the SE and when he returned to his club lost his place in their starting XI, he's only just finding his feet again after spending some time with the reserves. Yeah doing well with the NT is good, but I you're not doing the biz at your club, you stock won't increase.

Incidentally I feel 100% the same way about this call up. Think its premature given where he's at currently. New club, new environment, and his place in the team is not secure.

I saw him this weekend and that was my takeaway from the game- let him be for now and avoid slowing down his integration process at Copenhagen...

[Cellular]

The 'project' is done and we move on.

Up Naija!

Same way, Rohr marketed Brian Idowu in the WC.....

Ahh, but Brian was on the squad as an interpreter.

Simeon Nwankwo to take up our quota of basketball players.

Joel Obi, our hidden injury Quota.

John Ogu, and Echijiele to go and learn at the WC.

Tailor and Obioma... there's a difference.

[txj]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

It's a NEW SEASON of STUPIDITY!!

I didnt see this same energy when Michael Olise was on our standby list

whataboutism on steroids.
Olise is one of the best young talents in Europe...

[Sunset]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

It's a NEW SEASON of STUPIDITY!!

I didnt see this same energy when Michael Olise was on our standby list

whataboutism on steroids.
Olise is one of the best young talents in Europe...

It seems you've completely missed the point.

1. Its a standby list if they were rated that highly would they make the main list?
2. Olise hasn't made clear his allegiances so without that he's not even as useful as Onazi who's in the 2nd division in Saudi Arabia

[iworo]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

It's a NEW SEASON of STUPIDITY!!

I didnt see this same energy when Michael Olise was on our standby list

whataboutism on steroids.
Olise is one of the best young talents in Europe...

It seems you've completely missed the point.

1. Its a standby list if they were rated that highly would they make the main list?
2. Olise hasn't made clear his allegiances so without that he's not even as useful as Onazi who's in the 2nd division in Saudi Arabia

No sir, you are the one missing the point.

[txj]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

It's a NEW SEASON of STUPIDITY!!

I didnt see this same energy when Michael Olise was on our standby list

whataboutism on steroids.
Olise is one of the best young talents in Europe...

It seems you've completely missed the point.

1. Its a standby list if they were rated that highly would they make the main list?
2. Olise hasn't made clear his allegiances so without that he's not even as useful as Onazi who's in the 2nd division in Saudi Arabia

He's an inappropriate example. That's all I'm saying.

[The YeyeMan]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

It's a NEW SEASON of STUPIDITY!!

I didnt see this same energy when Michael Olise was on our standby list

whataboutism on steroids.
Olise is one of the best young talents in Europe...

It seems you've completely missed the point.

1. Its a standby list if they were rated that highly would they make the main list?
2. Olise hasn't made clear his allegiances so without that he's not even as useful as Onazi who's in the 2nd division in Saudi Arabia

Was a strange "call up". I'd assumed some private assurance was made to Rohr by the player but who knows? Not sure why it'd have the same energy as Onazi's selection on the standby list though.

[Sunset]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

It's a NEW SEASON of STUPIDITY!!

I didnt see this same energy when Michael Olise was on our standby list

whataboutism on steroids.
Olise is one of the best young talents in Europe...

It seems you've completely missed the point.

1. Its a standby list if they were rated that highly would they make the main list?
2. Olise hasn't made clear his allegiances so without that he's not even as useful as Onazi who's in the 2nd division in Saudi Arabia

He's an inappropriate example. That's all I'm saying.

What makes it inappropriate?

[txj]

The 'project' is done and we move on.

Up Naija!

Same way, Rohr marketed Brian Idowu in the WC.....

Ahh, but Brian was on the squad as an interpreter.

Simeon Nwankwo to take up our quota of basketball players.

Joel Obi, our hidden injury Quota.

John Ogu, and Echijiele to go and learn at the WC.

Tailor and Obioma... there's a difference.

TXJ WROTE:

Anyone who understands how transfers for Nigerian players work can easily see why Ndah and Nwakali are in the SE squad.

Its a little like Trump asking the Ukrainian president to just mention that they are 'investigating' Biden and leave the rest to him...

[Sunset]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

It's a NEW SEASON of STUPIDITY!!

I didnt see this same energy when Michael Olise was on our standby list

whataboutism on steroids.
Olise is one of the best young talents in Europe...

It seems you've completely missed the point.

1. Its a standby list if they were rated that highly would they make the main list?
2. Olise hasn't made clear his allegiances so without that he's not even as useful as Onazi who's in the 2nd division in Saudi Arabia

Was a strange "call up". I'd assumed some private assurance was made to Rohr by the player but who knows? Not sure why it'd have the same energy as Onazi's selection on the standby list though.

One is way past his prime and has "very little" to offer us while the other is a big talent but isn't interested in playing for us so has "nothing" to offer. Both on our standby lists.

[The Eagle]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

As I recall, we "lost" a match to Algeria in the CAF board room because a foreign manager picked and deployed a player who was supposed to be suspended .... which is arguably worse than what is becoming a "tradition" of Eagles managers inviting older players who used to be core Eagles, players they really shouldn't have invited, but who ultimately do not play a single minute of the tournament or match. Imagine if we lost the first leg to Ghana because Eguavoen fielded Iwobi, I mean, how stupid would that be?

The team secretary was responsible for not informing the NFF of Shehu's suspension and not the coach. Get a proper understanding of roles in the national team before commenting!

I see.

I am not sure which is worse .... your assumption that a manager is not supposed to know his player has been suspended, given the manager was present when his player picked up the applicable yellow cards .... or the fact that if it had been a Nigerian manager there would be no such presumption that he wasn't supposed to know.

Eguavoen did not call up Iwobi because Eguavoen was present when Iwobi got the red card. He did not need this guy to tell that dude to inform that chap to clear it with that bloke. Na wa o.

[The YeyeMan]

One is way past his prime and has "very little" to offer us while the other is a big talent but isn't interested in playing for us so has "nothing" to offer. Both on our standby lists.

I hear ya but the difference here is *at the time* it would have been fair to assume Olise had made some sort of commitment to play for Nigeria. It's in hindsight we understand he's yet to make a decision on his international future.

Whereas, *at the time* of Onazi's standby call up we know he's well past his best.

[Enugu II]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

As I recall, we "lost" a match to Algeria in the CAF board room because a foreign manager picked and deployed a player who was supposed to be suspended .... which is arguably worse than what is becoming a "tradition" of Eagles managers inviting older players who used to be core Eagles, players they really shouldn't have invited, but who ultimately do not play a single minute of the tournament or match. Imagine if we lost the first leg to Ghana because Eguavoen fielded Iwobi, I mean, how stupid would that be?

The team secretary was responsible for not informing the NFF of Shehu's suspension and not the coach. Get a proper understanding of roles in the national team before commenting!

I see.

I am not sure which is worse .... your assumption that a manager is not supposed to know his player has been suspended, given the manager was present when his player picked up the applicable yellow cards .... or the fact that if it had been a Nigerian manager there would be no such presumption that he wasn't supposed to know.

Eguavoen did not call up Iwobi because Eguavoen was present when Iwobi got the red card. He did not need this guy to tell that dude to inform that chap to clear it with that bloke. Na wa o.

The Eagle,

That is not the only problem with Dammy's point here. If we assume that he is correct, it then means that it is the NFF that invites players. I thought the NFF did not interfere with Rohr's invitations? The reality is that Rohr in full or in part is responsible for that Shehu invitation if we believe Rohr is responsible for the list of invitees. There are no ifs or buts here. Rohr has staff that he is v responsible for. One of them monitors the availability of players by monitoring injuries, card situations, and otherwise.

[Enugu II]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

It's a NEW SEASON of STUPIDITY!!

I didnt see this same energy when Michael Olise was on our standby list

whataboutism on steroids.
Olise is one of the best young talents in Europe...

It seems you've completely missed the point.

1. Its a standby list if they were rated that highly would they make the main list?
2. Olise hasn't made clear his allegiances so without that he's not even as useful as Onazi who's in the 2nd division in Saudi Arabia

He's an inappropriate example. That's all I'm saying.

What makes it inappropriate?

Sunset,

The fact is that Onazi's invitation is a terrible decision. Standby list means he can be called upon. There is no reason to waste a spot on him because guys on that list can be called up as replacements. Are you comfortable with a possibility that Onazi is asked to replace a player?

Fact is that Egu is making some very questionable decision and it is a SHAME.

[Dammy]

Owngoal saying the NFF is asking Egu about Onazi.

So according to them Onazi is Egus pick.

See why we want foreign coach. No foreign coach will ever pick a player like Onazi.

Absolutely criminal.

As I recall, we "lost" a match to Algeria in the CAF board room because a foreign manager picked and deployed a player who was supposed to be suspended .... which is arguably worse than what is becoming a "tradition" of Eagles managers inviting older players who used to be core Eagles, players they really shouldn't have invited, but who ultimately do not play a single minute of the tournament or match. Imagine if we lost the first leg to Ghana because Eguavoen fielded Iwobi, I mean, how stupid would that be?

The team secretary was responsible for not informing the NFF of Shehu's suspension and not the coach. Get a proper understanding of roles in the national team before commenting!

I see.

I am not sure which is worse .... your assumption that a manager is not supposed to know his player has been suspended, given the manager was present when his player picked up the applicable yellow cards .... or the fact that if it had been a Nigerian manager there would be no such presumption that he wasn't supposed to know.

Eguavoen did not call up Iwobi because Eguavoen was present when Iwobi got the red card. He did not need this guy to tell that dude to inform that chap to clear it with that bloke. Na wa o.

Ignorance can be blissfull!

[Dammy]

It's a NEW SEASON of STUPIDITY!!

I didnt see this same energy when Michael Olise was on our standby list

whataboutism on steroids.
Olise is one of the best young talents in Europe...

It seems you've completely missed the point.

1. Its a standby list if they were rated that highly would they make the main list?
2. Olise hasn't made clear his allegiances so without that he's not even as useful as Onazi who's in the 2nd division in Saudi Arabia

He's an inappropriate example. That's all I'm saying.

What makes it inappropriate?

Sunset,

The fact is that Onazi's invitation is a terrible decision. Standby list means he can be called upon. There is no reason to waste a spot on him because guys on that list can be called up as replacements. Are you comfortable with a possibility that Onazi is asked to replace a player?

Fact is that Egu is making some very questionable decision and it is a SHAME.

E11, did someone steal your handle?